Sen. Jesse Helms launched a drive to expand North Carolina's trade ties with Asia on Monday, saying even communist Vietnam would be welcome as an economic partner for his home state. The Republican Helms, an anti-communist crusader and head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, brought officials from the Association of South East Asian Nations on a tour of the state focusing on investment and trade, including tobacco. Among his guests was Ambassador Le Van Bang of Vietnam, representing a government Helms has long criticized.

DEADLINE. Nov. 6 is the deadline for entry in the FAME Awards Competition (FAME stands for Florida Achievement in Marketing Excellence), according to the Builders Association of South Florida, sponsor of the competition. Entry forms may be obtained by calling Lynn Philbrick in North Miami at 1-556-6300.

DISPOSAL. The Federal Asset Disposition Association, the agency charged with trying to raise money for the insolvent Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corp., recently sold some Orlando-area properties financed by the failed Sunrise Savings and Loan Association of South Florida. The three properties - 57.3 acres and the 86,371-square-foot Town Center shopping center, both in Williamsburg, and 17.2 acres off south State Road 436 - were sold for a total of more than $11 million, the agency said.

THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARtet will present an evening of jazz music beginning at 8 p.m. tonight at the Melbourne Civic Auditorium. The concert is sponsored by the Civic Musician Association of South Brevard. Tickets are $15 general admission and $7.50 for students and are available at the box office.

Sandy Miot, of Arvida Southern Miami, last week succeeded Jacksonville's Bill Soforenko as president of the Florida Home Builders Association during the statewide trade group's annual convention held in Fort Lauderdale. Miot is a past president of the Builders Association of South Florida and is president of one of the country's major building companies.

Tickets for the Victor Borge concert, sponsored Nov. 18, by the Civic Music Association of South Brevard, will be sold 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Wednesday at the Melbourne Auditorium on Hibiscus Boulevard.Any tickets not sold during the three days will be put on sale at the box office the day of the concert.The tickets for the association's first 1987-88 concert are $20.

Four builder associations have joined the Home Owners Warranty Corp. to help raise money for the Adam Walsh Child Resource Center in Fort Lauderdale. As builder members of the trade associations purchase the 10-year home warranty insurance, HOW will contribute $200 of the cost to the aid center for lost and abused children.Participating are the Home Builders Association of Brevard County, the Home Builders and Contractors Association of Palm Beach County, the Builders Association of South Florida and the Pasco Builders Association.

Sen. Jesse Helms launched a drive to expand North Carolina's trade ties with Asia on Monday, saying even communist Vietnam would be welcome as an economic partner for his home state. The Republican Helms, an anti-communist crusader and head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, brought officials from the Association of South East Asian Nations on a tour of the state focusing on investment and trade, including tobacco. Among his guests was Ambassador Le Van Bang of Vietnam, representing a government Helms has long criticized.

-- WINNERS. Golf Brook Apartments, developed by N.T.S. Florida Properties at Sabal Point in south Seminole County, and a master bath at McIntyre Place, Winter Park townhomes developed by Renee Stein & Co., were selected for first- place Fame Awards from the Builders Association of South Florida. Charlan, Brock & Associates of Maitland did the design work on both projects. . . . Brian W. Breedlove, president of Waterford Homes in Deltona in south Volusia County, has been honored as the 1987 Builder of the Year by the West Volusia County Homebuilders Association.

-- WINNERS. Golf Brook Apartments, developed by N.T.S. Florida Properties at Sabal Point in south Seminole County, and a master bath at McIntyre Place, Winter Park townhomes developed by Renee Stein & Co., were selected for first- place Fame Awards from the Builders Association of South Florida. Charlan, Brock & Associates of Maitland did the design work on both projects. . . . Brian W. Breedlove, president of Waterford Homes in Deltona in south Volusia County, has been honored as the 1987 Builder of the Year by the West Volusia County Homebuilders Association.

PEOPLE. Sam Morrow, president of The Morrow Cos., was selected the Home Builders Association of Mid-Florida's Builder of the Year for 1987. Jim Bishop, president of Bishop Industries, a building-supply company, was selected the trade group's Associate of the Year. . . . David Adler, a partner in Miami Lakes-based Adler-Ross Associates, developer of Oak Harbour Townhomes in Altamonte Springs, has been selected Builder of the Year by the Builders Association of South Florida. The 27-year-old Adler is the youngest person to win the trade group's annual award.

DEADLINE. Nov. 6 is the deadline for entry in the FAME Awards Competition (FAME stands for Florida Achievement in Marketing Excellence), according to the Builders Association of South Florida, sponsor of the competition. Entry forms may be obtained by calling Lynn Philbrick in North Miami at 1-556-6300.

Tickets for the Victor Borge concert, sponsored Nov. 18, by the Civic Music Association of South Brevard, will be sold 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Wednesday at the Melbourne Auditorium on Hibiscus Boulevard.Any tickets not sold during the three days will be put on sale at the box office the day of the concert.The tickets for the association's first 1987-88 concert are $20.

THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARtet will present an evening of jazz music beginning at 8 p.m. tonight at the Melbourne Civic Auditorium. The concert is sponsored by the Civic Musician Association of South Brevard. Tickets are $15 general admission and $7.50 for students and are available at the box office.

PEOPLE. Sam Morrow, president of The Morrow Cos., was selected the Home Builders Association of Mid-Florida's Builder of the Year for 1987. Jim Bishop, president of Bishop Industries, a building-supply company, was selected the trade group's Associate of the Year. . . . David Adler, a partner in Miami Lakes-based Adler-Ross Associates, developer of Oak Harbour Townhomes in Altamonte Springs, has been selected Builder of the Year by the Builders Association of South Florida. The 27-year-old Adler is the youngest person to win the trade group's annual award.

DISPOSAL. The Federal Asset Disposition Association, the agency charged with trying to raise money for the insolvent Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corp., recently sold some Orlando-area properties financed by the failed Sunrise Savings and Loan Association of South Florida. The three properties - 57.3 acres and the 86,371-square-foot Town Center shopping center, both in Williamsburg, and 17.2 acres off south State Road 436 - were sold for a total of more than $11 million, the agency said.

Sandy Miot, of Arvida Southern Miami, last week succeeded Jacksonville's Bill Soforenko as president of the Florida Home Builders Association during the statewide trade group's annual convention held in Fort Lauderdale. Miot is a past president of the Builders Association of South Florida and is president of one of the country's major building companies.

Four builder associations have joined the Home Owners Warranty Corp. to help raise money for the Adam Walsh Child Resource Center in Fort Lauderdale. As builder members of the trade associations purchase the 10-year home warranty insurance, HOW will contribute $200 of the cost to the aid center for lost and abused children.Participating are the Home Builders Association of Brevard County, the Home Builders and Contractors Association of Palm Beach County, the Builders Association of South Florida and the Pasco Builders Association.